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Aug 20, 2024
Why was Michael Shine allowed abuse me even though other people knew?
By Kitty Holland - The Irish Times - 21/08/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] Gerard Murray (52) can still remember how Michael Shine’s...
Aug 19, 2024
Dignity4Patients group calls for meeting with Taoiseach over Michael Shine abuse
By Vivienne Clare - Breaking News - 20.08.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] The chief executive of Dignity4Patients, Adrienne Reilly, is...
Aug 19, 2024
The Taoiseach stated government and other organisations need to take a “victim-centred” approach. Michael Shine. #PublicInquiry
By Eoghan Dalton - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] The Taoiseach has said the Government will discuss calls for a public inquiry...
Aug 18, 2024
Meeting sought with Justice Minister over call for public inquiry on Michael Shine #PublicInquiry
By Ruth O'Connell - LMFM News - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] Dignity4Patients is seeking a Commission of Investigation similar to the South...
Aug 18, 2024
Taoiseach says "His victims have today spoken with courage and in a vivid manner and I want to thank them for that. I think their intervention is really important."
By Eoin English - Irish Examiner - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] The Taoiseach says the Government will “reflect” on calls from victims of one...
Aug 18, 2024
Michael Shine was convicted for assaulting 9 boys. But that’s not the full story...
By Sinead O'Carroll - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IREALND] - [Michael Shine] Michael Shine is one of those names that you probably...
Jul 25, 2024
Medical Council apology and response to the Report of the Royal Commission into Abuse
By NZDoctor - 26.07.2024 - [NEW ZEALAND] - [Public Inquiry] Medical Council Chair Dr Rachelle Love responds to the final report from the...
Jul 24, 2024
New Zealand inquiry finds 200,000 abused in care
By RTE News - 24/07/2024 - [NEW ZEALAND] - [PREVENTION] New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised and promised reforms...
Jun 6, 2024
Minister receives final report from inquiry into historical abuse
By Ailbhe Conneely - RTE News - 07/06/2024 - [PREVENTION] - [IRELAND] The final report of a scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse...
May 1, 2024
Call for reform of Ireland's State inquest system
By Conor Hunt - RTE News - 02.05.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Prevention] Legal representatives for the families of the Stardust victims have...
Mar 13, 2024
Kenneally questions time taken by victims to come forward
By Orla O'Donnell - RTE News - 13.03.2024 - [Commission of Investigations] Convicted child abuser Bill Kenneally has told a commission...
Mar 2, 2024
Doctor found with child abuse images sentenced
By Greig Watson - BBC News - 02/03/2024 - [UK] [Sharmake Maxamed] A doctor has been sentenced after being convicted of making indecent...
Feb 25, 2024
Louth man was asked by Gardai to apologise to Michael Shine after reporting abuse
By Alison Comyn - Drogheda Independent - 25.02.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] A Louth man, who says he was asked by gardai to write a...
Feb 22, 2024
Notorious paedophile doctor branded ‘Ireland’s Jimmy Savile’ has over 300 victims as demands for full public inquiry
By John Kierans - The Irish Sun - 22/02/2024 [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] The Dignity4Patients group represents over 300 people who allege...
Feb 22, 2024
Further call for public enquiry into disgraced surgeon Michael Shine on EU Victims’ Day
By Alison Comyn - Irish Independent - 22.02.2024 - [IRELAND] On EU Day for Victims of Crime, victims of Michael Shine, former surgeon at...
Feb 12, 2024
Ex-Terenure College coach appeals consecutive sentences for sex abuse
By Ryan Dunne - The Irish Times - 12.02.2024 - [IRELAND] - [John McClean] The State has urged the Court of Appeal to consider whether...
Nov 20, 2023
The Big #MeToo Moment for Doctors Is Finally Here
By Helen Ouyang - New York Times - 20/11/2023 - [USA] In January of 2016, Aja Newman went to the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital...
Nov 14, 2023
Tougher laws for sex offenders come into effect
By RTE News - 13.11.2023 - [IRELAND] A range of laws which have come into effect will mean gardaí will now be able to disclose...
Nov 13, 2023
A huge THANK YOU to our volunteer Board of Management
Dignity4Patients wishes to acknowledge and appreciate the valuable contributions made by the volunteer trustees of our organization to...
Nov 6, 2023
They are failing their patients: Survivors of doctors accused of abuse demand accountability
By Catalina Gonelle - Gothamist - 06.11.2023 - [USA] Hundreds of victims are seeking to hold prominent hospitals in New York City...
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